HC orders probe into jail of innocent instead of convict

The High Court (HC) has ordered probe into alleged imprisonment of one Mirazul Islam instead of narcotics case convict Nazmul Hasan, reports BSS.

A High Court division bench of Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the order on Thursday as senior lawyer Advocate Manzil Morshed brought newspaper report on the alleged incident to court's attention.

"The court asked the concerned investigation officer to probe the matter and submit a report t by February 25," Advocate Morshed told journalists.

Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in August, 2020 raided a house in Uttara. DNC seized huge cache of phensedyl and ganja from the house and detained one Anwar Hossain. DNC later filed charge-sheet against Anwar and gang leader Nazmul Hasan.